For such things...joe dokes said:
"stood there like the house by the side of the road" > "down by way of the K"
Radio > TV
For such things...joe dokes said:
"stood there like the house by the side of the road" > "down by way of the K"
Merkle's Boner said:I think an underrated area of Orsillo's performance is the way he handles Jerry. Have you ever noticed that when there is a guest in the booth, Jerry basically refuses to speak to him. Jerry seems like a grouchy prick and DO gets the best out of him, IMO.
Yes. Exactly.8slim said:Why does one think one needs to be "outraged" or threatening to not watch games to find this decision stupid?
The Red Sox are my favorite baseball team, something that is a big part of my summer, and I will watch and listen to them pretty much no matter who announces the games.
BUT, I really like Orsillo and I would prefer he remain the PxP guy for TV.
It can be that simple.
Booooo, NESN.
Dick Pole Upside said:
This whole thing is frustrating to me, and I feel badly for Orsillo. I really enjoy him as PBP, as I mentioned earlier.
As much as Don is well-compensated and probably loves being the Sox announcer, if your boss doesn't want you on the team, your boss doesn't want you on the team. It sucks, it feels shitty, a boatload of people disagree, but... your boss doesn't want you on the team anymore. So there's just no way he should WANT to return the way this has played out with these jerkstores running the show. It stinks and it sucks and it stinks and it sucks, but he'll realize that the guy making the call just didn't want him around anymore.
That blows.
All the more reason to applaud and celebrate his professionalism as he closes out the season.
NortheasternPJ said:I'm sure it was the Red Sox Brain Trust feeding WEEI, but on the midday show today they said specifically it was 100% about bringing Dave O'Brien aboard and didn't have much to do with DO. They thought O'Brien was a huge talent and wanted him on NESN.
dirtynine said:I'm worried mostly about the radio broadcast. Castiglione is a friendly voice who needs some help to carry the production these days. O'Brien has been a stable, professional presence. I don't want a return to the Glenn Geffner days.
or talking about Drake's CakesNortheasternPJ said:I'm sure it was the Red Sox Brain Trust feeding WEEI, but on the midday show today they said specifically it was 100% about bringing Dave O'Brien aboard and didn't have much to do with DO. They thought O'Brien was a huge talent and wanted him on NESN.
It's sad we won't get anymore WEEI Shaws Promos midgame with Dave O'Brien and Castig.
"Wow, Shaws has celery on sale for $1.99 each this week, Joe" "Dave, that's a great bargain, I love celery and at that price, what a deal!"
"Hey Joe, a six pack of Raisins is now $2.99 at Shaw's!" "I love raisins!"
Manuel Aristides said:Despite checking SoSH between 2-100 times a day, I lurk. Mainly it's because I had a bad experience in the post-2004 offseason where I asked a main board member to post a interesting factoid I had been told by Somebody Who Knows Somebody, and the Red Sox front office found it and all hell broke loose. Somebody lost their job, and I had to write an apology email to Theo Esptein, which, for a Jewish 18 year old Red Sox devotee in November 2004, was like having to write an apology email to God himself. So I've been content to read. But, I feel like I have to say something about this, and I'm dumping it here where maybe one or three of you will understand.
Manuel Aristides said:t’s the first time since getting hooked by Pedro in ’99 that I have felt ashamed and embarrassed of my team. I cannot even begin to defend this move. It affects how I reflect on the Francona smears, Epstein’s departure, Manny’s departure, and damn near every other relationship this ownership has ended.
It’s one thing to be aspire to a lean, mean, efficient-to-the-point-of-cruelty baseball operation. It makes sense there. But this is simply no way to run an organization, and it makes me feel bad about all the money I’ve given them over the years. God, all they had to do was await and announce it 45 days later; it would have been a simple press release, a single globe article, and maybe a “Thank You, Don” thread, and we’d all move on.
I’m sad, disappointed and confused. My lowest moment as a Red Sox fan since Boone.
Good post,Manuel Aristides said:WARNING: Impossibly long, overly personal post incoming.
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Anyway. Thanks for reading. Felt good to get it all out.
I would love nothing more than to elaborate, it's a pretty great story (especially my end of it), but, after what happened... I'll PM you.The Allented Mr Ripley said:
Wait, wait, wait... care to elaborate? I was here during that time, but apparently I need my memory jogged. I'd hate to think we missed out on this soul-crushing aspect of the story. Theo's gone now, so no worries.
I'm not sure what this means but I am happy to be almost-in on a joke around here for once.Ale Xander said:Good post,MA, LT
Manuel Aristides said:I'm not sure what this means but I am happy to be almost-in on a joke around here for once.
Wow man, that is a tremendous story. Thanks so much for sharing it !Manuel Aristides said:
Fine, fine, fine. It is, it turns out, fun to post here after all. But If this blows up on anyone, I'm blaming Foulkey.
THE END.
HriniakPosterChild said:
Former Pawsox announce Aaron Goldsmith has been in Seattle calling M's games for only 3 years. Having a connection to the org in the past, there might be a match there. (Or he may have become acclimated to baseball weather out here and never plan to live back east again, for all I know. Just spitballing.)
More at the linkSpeaking about this issue for the first time since WEEI’s Gerry Callahan broke the news of Orsillo’s ouster last week, Werner said, “I think when the opportunity to bring Dave aboard came to us, after a lot of thought we decided, you know what, he’s one of the premier broadcasters in the country and we thought he’d be a great addition to the team.”
Speaking by telephone from Boston, Werner said that O’Brien is “well known for bringing out the nuances of baseball strategy, sharing insights about players. It was nothing against Don. It was the opportunity to bring on Dave.”
No doubt about it: O’Brien is a terrific baseball play-by-play voice. He’s worked seamlessly with Joe Castiglione on the radio side, and he does games on the national side for ESPN. If the Red Sox and NESN were worried O’Brien would eventually land a TV gig in a prominent market, or gain a higher profile at ESPN, well, that would have been a worthwhile fear.
Still, there’s the awkward manner in which Orsillo’s ouster has been handled.
“I understand it has created some controversy,” Werner said. “And I also understand that Don is a great broadcaster, but we felt that starting next year it was worth going in a different direction reenergizing the broadcast. And when the opportunity presented itself to bring Dave O’Brien to NESN, we just felt after a great deal of thought and consideration that was the right decision to make.”
Werner used the wrong word there, the simple reason being that Red Sox telecasts on NESN do not lack energy. If anything, they sometimes have too much energy when Orsillo and color analyst Jerry Remy stray from the game action.
Werner told me he might have used a better word than “re-energize.” But he — and McGrail — should just stick with the truth: They wanted O’Brien. Fine. The mistake was going after him in midseason, as there was no way this wasn’t going to get out. Had they waited until the season was over, Orsillo still would have had plenty of time to explore another baseball gig.
“It was a miscommunication,” said McGrail. “We informed Don almost immediately when the decision had been made, within a few days. . . . We thought it would be kept confidential. It wasn’t.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrxTBRvCHAFelixMantilla said:How Werner ever got in a position of power is beyond me. What a tone-deaf moron.
I'm a big fan, Jose, been reading for years. The CC reference is absolutely your influence coming through.jose melendez said:Cesar Crespo was my 2004 nemesis. I will never stop mentioning him.
“It was a miscommunication,” said McGrail. “We informed Don almost immediately when the decision had been made, within a few days. . . . We thought it would be kept confidential. It wasn’t.”
Manuel Aristides said:I'm a big fan, Jose, been reading for years. The CC reference is absolutely your influence coming through.
Looks like the post got moved or deleted. Probably for the best. I never learn.
BannedbyNYYFans.com said:
Can we make this guy a member already? He caused a man his livelihood - that deserves something, right? Poor Chris probably lost his wife (and will to live) after the fallout from MA's post.
Oh, and unfortunately P&G isn't porn. It's mostly just a lot of posts by left wingers followed by Marciano talking about his deadlift stats. And ponytails. For some reason there is a lot of talk about men with ponytails.
#corniestwhitedudeeverDollar said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrxTBRvCHA